The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1941, Page 3

PNESDAY, JUNE 4 soe sere YESTERDAY: Foolish though seemed, eveh to her, Fileen jardner took a wild chance and jame on to New York mostly be- hoped somehow to find he knew only as Mar- tin, whom she had seen only | once, and that for a moment. And things ‘have gone badly-- until tonight, when Martin and 2 girl come into the flower shop where Eileen is working, and on a wild chance Eileen pretends | to sprain her ankle. The ruse | works. Chapter 19 Strange Courtship M ARTIN said, as Eileen had I scarcely dared to hope he} would, “Here, Caroline, you go along. I'll be there in five min- utes, tell them.” He steadied Eileen. “I'll get this girl home. I guess she was going—she has her wraps on.” Eileen was silent while he got) her into another taxi. He asked the address, and she gave it. She leaned forward and slid the win- dow shut, and spoke quickly. She said, “Listen. I’m > Eileen Gardner, I’m the girl ydu lifted down off the bar at Jerry’s, and | danced with when you flew to say | goed-bye to .your mother © last| year, in Denyer. You don’t re- member. I—T'ye never forgotten. You said you’d listen for me on the radio. You did. When I was singing on that little Weigand chain, out in Piute, you cabled a message from the steamer. You didn’t sign your last name, You said I hadn’t. I had.” He turned and looked at her with attet..ion, which he had not done before. “Why—I remember,” he said, “Sure. But I’m pretty sure I did sign my name to the cable. And certainly never did. Hey, I kno ow. 1 didn’t get the original | ¢: pallet cablegram; some of the crowd copied it for me-—and took it back.” He laughed a little. “Who?” “Oh, never mind. One of the; irls. Well, what do you know? ‘ou must come on to the club and | have a drink on the strength of our reunion!” She hadn’t time to go on with that. She shoved her coat slbeve back and hurriedly unclasped her | charm bracelet. She pushed it) into his hand. “Here. It’s your little gold ski You dropped it at Jerry’s. I've al-| ways kept it.” | He was interested now. “Well, ll be darned! Thanks, | Eileen. That ski means @ lot to} me. Can I have it back?” “Of course—it’s yours.” He said again, “Thanks a lot. here, you, really must come along to have a drink with the crowd after all this and that!” | He leaned forward to pull open the slide and redirect the driver. | She stopped him. She said, “No, Listen, you must listen. You s: id, ¢ just now—‘Word of honor’—you! thought a gir] had as much right |the cracked stained _ wall, Claals hon phone number and house address,” He was laughing as he handed them to her, scribbled on his card. “Tll be there round ten tomor- row.” The reaction hit her gs she climbed the long stairs to her room. What had she done-—what was she up against? She and Molly had been talking very little of late. She couldn’t help that. She poured it all out to Molly. Molly sat up on her couch, a hand bracing her against her broad face miore blank at each sentence. When Eileen was done, she only said in a less sharp voice than she had used lately, “What's his name?” “Martin—wait.” She took the eard over under the little wall bulb, “Mr. Martin — McClure — Dane. Molly screamed. “Martin Mc- Clure Dane! Well, you did a good job while you were at it! And the girl was Caroline?” She clawed for a tabloid under the bed among }a pile of papers, opened it and threw it, “These them?” Eileen stared down at the man and girl, snapped with balloons | at a night-club table. “Yes,” Molly threw herself back and screamed again. “Holy cats! Jesus, Mary and Jo- seph! The season’s top glamour deb, and the most eligible cafe- society younger-set millionaire this year! Martin Dane. You little goof! Call him up tomorrow and you'll get the razzberry from an iee-voiced secretary. He was just mellow enough to ‘yes’ you to- night.” ileen felt cold inside. But she only said, “I met his mother once.” Prexy saying, ardner.... We think she'll be one of the ones who will go far.” And Miss Willesdon’s warm “Ah, these young things... . They’re worth all we went through. I hope you do go far, my dear. ...” jileen giggled hysterically at the memory. “Go far!” “Here,” Molly said, “You're all in, Shut up and go to sleep and forget it.” Date Bu at ten next day Eileen tele- phoned. Tt was Martin’s voice. He was keeping the word of honor. He spoke as if it was nothing at all. ‘Hello, pirate! How are the meth- ods of capture coming on?” It was easier that way. You could laugh. She laughed too, She said, “How about a walk in Cen- tral Park?” “Just a bit chilly, See here, we I got back to the Nine O'Clock last night, the gang had doped out a plan for a week of winter sports up at my place in the Adiron- dacks, Driving up tomorrow.” Molly was right. ... But she said Obstinately, hanging on to to court a man, ask him to marry her and—and be taken the right | @ man with a girl.” | ‘Well, of course I mean it.” His | voice was light, but he spoke defi- | itely, “All right, Well, First—tI fooled | you about the ankle. It was the only way I could get to talk to you. ... No, you must listen. I care about you. I have ever sinee that evening last June. That's why 1 went on the radio. That’s why I came to New York, . .. No, you must listen. I haven't any chance to make you care the way I care. I can’t go around with you like Caroline, like girls that go the same places you do. By wiles, | she said—” c clues “Why, you crazy little thing!” he said, But his voice was gentle. Success "M not crazy. It’s just—you're the only man I’ve ever felt that way about. I can't let never see you a sg oO, m de- cent enough,” ain... people fought she leaded aoe in the Revolution: ene. was 8 Colonial governar, Dad kept a drugstore out Weést—e never made much money. But my a have always been’ fine, n Bw educated; I'm quick; be ashamed of me. of course you must—" She raj gave him her old firm’s name, the name of the peo- ple she knew in radio, She wrote oon down = shaking mands, “Wi mu keep r word 0! honol” she said. "Will you give me to gee you—to pes wouldn't make you care enough to marry | me, just as if things were reversed | —as if you'd seen a 1 you wanted and had to go into a dif- ferent world to tell her so?” H down at the small face and said quietly, “You t know a thing about m?—or ' », 3 knew I wanted, ek Shed dope sis rith @ ‘al y He looked at her a long minute . He sald again, “Crazy in All right. I warn you yl probably steer into a lot culin eptinets art block whole ng. But I'll take ” He held oe oor for ap of Be where you're going b help me to see you some- that you're every- pat's up to you. You. start ith just what I would. My tele! | BUDGE TC RETIRE Tennis champion Don Budge Who has earned more than $100 900 Since turning professional Will Tetire from the game and @nter the laundry business in New York ood citizens. I'm college- | ok mie up, | the last, “Take me along.” There was a pause. Her palms were wet and her throat choked. Then Martin’s voice: “Well . . . all right. But I can’t just drop ou in the middle of them. Any je ready?” She thought fast. “Call me your mother’s protegee—you found it out in the taxi.” : “Neat as wax. Most apposite. Nine tomorrow, my place, then.” He didn’t believe in her. ... Well, why should he? Never mind. Nine tomorrow. Her last fifty in the bank got her bargain basement sports clothes. The girls would be too rich to know the difference. The scene with Ris brought on an- other proposal, as she had been afraid it would. He cried. He said, “Always here is my love . . . al- | wavs here is a job for you.” But the problem which had loomed so big wasn’t much, now. Later, likely. No time to think about burned bridges. y Martin’s low spacious enormous Eileen’s | } | | | living room seemed to jtense eyes. filled with shouting, e oor at nine mext She saw Martin at the in sweaters and ski seuffling young giant’s as stood in the y ragenct | far end, | trousers, i He was rounding up bundles of skis and ski sticks and rugs, laughing as usual, and shouting lanswers to questions. He yelled i, Eilee: across the room to her. “Hi, Lewis Delevan, that's f | Eileen Gardner. Hot coffee for the | | little stranger!” She looked up at Lewis. Tall, awkwardly built without any air of awkwardness, sallow, craggy- featured, a manner of authori! Older than the rest. Deep-set, un- }usual eyes. The name registered | in her mind, she tried to place it, jand did, Oh, se The Something | Institute. Brilliant, radical young jdirector. Courageous and for- | ward-looking, one paper had said. | Unserupulous as to methods, an- other, “Our hope for a better . a deliberate wrecker. State .. . .” Somebody who could be a formidable enemy. — wes owe in that rather speech-sounding voice, smiling, Pm an old friend of Martin's randfather; was his secretary. in fact, Now I run the Willesdon | Institute. I have no business to |take time off for this party, but — ave Abery! the —— yes- | terday. You are the surprise. | The outsiders.” ‘Te be continued (Copyright, 1999-48, Margaret Widdemer) APTLY NAMED (my Ananctated Prone SHERIDAN, Wyo. June She wrestler ridan has a Hoide Subscribe to The Citizen, 3 have to postpone this a bit, en | 4— who er the monicker of Ole SAWYERS MUST DEFEAT HAMLINS ~ TONIGHT OR ELSE LOSS WILL PRACTICALLY ELIMINATE BARBERS FROM FLAG RACE: MARINE-NAV- | STA SCRAP IN APTERMATH Marshalling full strength for a fight that, probably will decide} itheir fate in the softball first- half flag race, Sawyer’s Barbers iclaim they'll trim the pacesetting game crucial series, bounced baek | Plumbers tonight and shave off half of the two-game margin be- tween them and the pipefitters. Realizing a loss tonight may wipe out hopes of overtaking the defending city champions, the comb and scissors men will prob- ably use different strategy than that vainly employed in the past two clashes with their eternal enemies. Instead of allowing his starting pitchers to remain on the hill until the Plumbers have gained the upperhand, Man- }ager Theodore AJbury may throw both of his hurlers at the league- leaders, It is possible DeWitt (Buster) Roberts will work the first three or four innings and then give way to the veteran Neno Castro. However, should either Roberts or Castro show signs of holding the pipefitters in check, the starter will go the route. Albury, claiming the corners were “cut off’ home plate the night his boys first met the | Plumbers, allowed rookie Rob- lerts to travel the distance, de- spite numerous walks and a num- ber of telling hits. The Barber pilot insists Roberts was robbed of | many strikes and that it was use- Hess to change pitchers with the umpire calling “balls” that were | pretty strikes. Castro, whose wildness gave | the pipefitters the second match, / voluntarily left the mound after | he had loaded the bases with no one scoring, but was urged by his teammates to continue pitch- \ing, This gesture of confidence |in his ability proved the Barbers’ downfall. Castro promptly walk- fed the next three batters—and | that decided the game. Albury probably will use the |same lineup tonight as sent on the field last week, with the ex- | | ception of Leo. Stanley, a 428 hit- | iter, who will roam the right | garden. Stanley was absent from | the city last week. | The dependable Clarence (Cig- arette Willie) Gates will again face the booming bats of the, haircutters. Gates muffled. the heavy artillery of his bitter ene- | mies in the last two outs. and Manager Roy Hamlin is confident | he can do it again tonight. Records reveal the Barbers have outscored, outhit and com- ; mitted less errors than the Ham- | lins, but seem helpless when they stack up against their eternal rivals. Ardent followers of the sport claim they “play too hard” against the Plumbers, extending themselves to such a point that a collapse in any one of the sev- en innings is inevitable. Here are the records of to- night’s first-game participants in their past 12 games: Club— Runs Hits | Barbers 142. 138727 | Plumbers 126-122 39 On the defense, the clubs com- pare about equal, although the Barbers have allowed the least number of runs and hits. Here’re the figures: Errors Runs Hits Allowed Allowed | Barbers 61 59 Plumbers - 64 78 Marine-NavSta Fight Determined to crush the Ma- rines tonight for a rise into a tie for second place if the Barbers ijloge- the opener, NavStas are anxiously awaiting starting time of the twin bill afterpiece. A game in the rear of the run- ner-up haircutters, the Station ten probably will remain right+behind if Sawyers even if they win. Running up a four- game winning streak, the Stas are heavy favorites to down the uncertain Leathernecks. Handed the worst beating of season last week, 2-35, the Ma- tines turned right around in the next serap with Army Monday night to win 23-22 with a 17-run third inning. In their latest pair of clashes with Army, the Devil Dogs have established a number of league marks, both good and bad. Their 2 loss was the most one-sided of the year, and the 30 hits they allowed in that game and the 17 errors committed set two oth- er records. Monday night, they chalked a record run-seoring in- ning, the third, when tallied 17 times) Twenty-two men batted im that frame, another new high. The 33 walks allowed by Marine tosser Jesse Solenbarger broke all existing records and the ten passes he issued in the sixth were Club— DODGERS SHUTOUT BILLY CONN DROPS. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _—— CARDS AND THROW LIGHT HEAVY TYTLE NLL. RACE INTO TIE -LESNEVICH MEETS WEBB TO’ YANKS BOWED TO TIGERS: | | DECIDE NEW HOLDER { OF CROWN BOSTON-CLEVELAND NOC-/ TURNAL GAME POSTPONED (By Associated Press) ¥ BY RAIN {NEW YORK, June 4—Gus iLesneyich, the New Jersey fee au who dropped two title (Special vo ‘Phe vitizem) ; ‘ NEW. YORK, June 4,—Brook-| bouts to light heavy champion | Biny Conn, has his chance at lyn Dodgers, defeating the St.{ 4 Louis Cardinals twice in a three- | 8*tting the crown the easy way }today, after Conn’s relinquish- To work your best | -+- pause and into a tie leadership, for National league ment of the title yesterday. Conn gave up the light heavy diadem es he signed articles with Pitching his fourth shutout of | Joe Louis for their heavyweight the year, Whitlow Wyatt white- ; championship battle at the Polo | washed the Cards 6-0 for his ninth victory-against a pair of losses. Wyatt scattered a half —_—— BROWNS WON NIGHT GAME {Special to The Citizemy NEW RK. June 4.—The St. Louis Browns gained a game on the Washington Senators in.a drive to vacate the American league cellar. Engaging the Nats in a slug- ging match last night, the Brownies came out on ‘top, 14-12, Z St, Louis pounded a trio of Washington hurlers fer 18 safeties and a like number of its moundsmen gave yup 14. Ecth clubs miscued twice. The nocturnal game be- tween Boston and Cleveland was rained out. dozen safeties, while his team- mated pounded Morton Cooper and. Sam Nahem for nine, inclyd- ing circuit clouts by Peter Reiser and Dolph Camilli. ‘ A single by Lou Novikoff in the eighth robbed Tommy Hughes of a no-hit game against the Chicago Cubs. Backed by a hit- ting attack, the 21-year-old rookie set down the Bruins 7-0 for the lowly Philadelphia Phil- lies. Home runs by Billy Jurges and Joe Moore gave him the ne- cessary lead and his five-hit job mastered the opposition. Thus Bob Carpenter registered a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. In holding the Reds to five bin- gles, Carpenter turned in his second straight five-hitter, Breaking even in a two-game series, Pittsburgh’s Pirates down- ed the Boston Braves, 9-5. Bos- ton used four moundsmen in a vain attempt to hold the Bucs. Detroit Tigers won the only day game played in the Ameri- can league yesterday. Scoring all their runs in the first round, the Tigers edged the New York Yankees, 4-2. Rain postponed the Philadel- phia-Chicago affair, and two other games were scheduled un- der floodlights. Results: NATIONAL LEAGUE At Brooklyn R.H,E. Sp. Louis 061 Brooklyn ie ae M. Cooper, Nahem, Krist ‘and Mancuso; Wyatt and Owen. At New York Cincinnati _* New York Hutchings, Derringer, and Lombardi. L. Moore At Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia Lee, Olsen Hughes and Livingston. At Boston Pittsburgh Boston Heintzelman, Bowman a pez; Lamana, Tobin, Sullivan and Berres. AMERICAN LEAGUE At Detroit New York Detroit Peck and Rosar; Tebbetts. Night Game At St. Louis Washington St. Louis Leonard, Masterson, and Early; Auker, Harris, Trot- ter and Ferrell REE mM 2 41 2 Boston Cleveland, game, rain at night Philadelphis at Chicago, rain. | rounds June 18. Lesnevis thus gets a chance at the throne in his scheduled bout _ with Jimmy Webb, which prpb- ably will be recognized as a. championship match, STERLING, CATES AND THE HATTERS) Here’s how Key West's two representatives in organized { baseball, Clayton Sterling and William Cates, members of the | DeLard Red Hats, came out at | the plate in reeent performances: Sunday, June 1 (First Game) ABR HPOAESH Sterling, lb 5 12 8 00 0 Cates, 3b 5 120 300 Run batted in: Sterling. The score: DeLand Orlando R! . 210 012 100—7 | Sterling, 1b Cates, 3b __ Run batted in: Sterling; three- base hit: Cates; double plays: Cates to Sehon to Sterling, Cates to Sterling. AB 4 4 R! . 210 102 0—6 | The standin, Club— 1, DeLand _. 1, St. Augustine | W. L, Pet, | 3115 674) 3115 .674| } MAJOR BASEBALL LEAGUES | American | Club— W. L. Pet.) Cleveland 19 «612 Chicago - 18 |591| ‘New York - a. G Boston _- 19 Philadelphia 21 Detroit Washington St. Louis — ‘B11 348 | Club— Brooklyn — New York Cincinnati Chicago _.... Pittsburgh __ Boston Philadelphia Island City Softball League First-Half Club— . Le Pet Pepper’s Plumbers Ane * 13 13 19 15 23 22 25 29 326 Pet. | -TiL} 711 537 457 -326 got those woods in the groove and | | when I’m hitting Tm a tough guy to lick”, 452 year in the Open. Squire Gene| beg-lugger suggested a | says so. 359 | wrong, so it’s my year”. 917 Connecticut says he has seldom’ tie for first. -750 hit better tee shots and brassies 4 Serazen needed par When you're hard at work on the job, ease up | @ moment and give yourself « break. Enjoy the pause that makes for better work,—a re- freshing pause for ice-cold Coca-Cola. Its clean taste pleases...and a refreshed feeling fol- make it the pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola, YOU TASTE ITS QUALITY BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Ready For Twenty-Second Straight Championship Play RECALLS BAD LUCK IN OTHER OPENS By DILLON GRAHAM, Sports Editor, AP Feature Service This is going to be Sarazen’s! at Sandwich, The old Scottish 5 “Those drives can't go! S-irom shot of a if Sarazen grinned happily. “T’ve | prado the fairways Fig ter. The resultant 7 The “gentleman farmer” from; to finish twe blows out a ! peig from the fairways than he did | the closing two, holés to tie. the other day Round Robin golf tournament 071 Fresh Meadow on Long Island, in the Goodall ones and Al Espinosa. in | 1929 National Open. But he He tied for second and believes ed both Breens with his approach- if his putting had been a trifle es and wound up two shots away. | better he'd have “T've a hunch my putting is go ' Bunker. ing to be hot in Texas”, he ob- |trap on serves. And the comparative flat- | British Open. ness of the Colonial Fort Worth is another reason why 4 duffer a Sarazen, at 39, is optimistic. % won't be listening to my dogs pace. American Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago, night game. New York at Detroit. Boston at Cleveland. National Chicago at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Boston. Pittsburgh at New York, night Philadelphia, Zuber game. Cincinnati night game. SOFTBALL (Bayview Park. 7:30 p.m.) at Miss Mary Florence Lathrop vs. Pepper's of Denver was the first woman j Second Game—US. Marines him two ever admitted to the American vs. NavStas. H FRIDAY NIGHT } First Game—US. Navy vs Bar Association. the most in any single inning this season, This arrev of new records does not scare the NayStas, who claim} Sawyar’s | Second Barbers. Game—US. Army va NavStas. MONDAY WIGHT most of thern are black merks First Game—US. Marines vs. against the Marines. The begin at 7.30 o'clock. opening game tonight will: US. Army. Second Game—Sa Bar- hers vs. US. Navy. wyer's won easily.| 5, And then there was Hell's’ That the 14th hole Sarazen course at into the trap, blasted around 7 Be et v » it F ls § k i : af 2g ; E HE i z 3 5 § il FRE Hl i af 3 1 i : b3 4 g f